Photojournalist Ahmad Mukhtar has been arrested in connection with the “Meydan TV case.”
He was detained yesterday, August 27. Today, the Khatai District Court imposed a 40-day pre-trial detention order against him.
Ahmad Mukhtar will be represented by a state-appointed lawyer.
He is the 12th person to be arrested in relation to the “Meydan TV case.”
Today, the charges in the case were also intensified, and new accusations have been brought against the defendants under the following articles of the Criminal Code: Article 192.2.2 (illegal entrepreneurship resulting in large-scale income), Article 192.2.3 (when committed by an organized group), Article 193-1.3.1 (legalization of property obtained through crime), Article 193-1.3.2 (when committed in substantial amounts), Article 206.4 (smuggling committed by an organized group), Article 213.2.1 (tax evasion — when committed by an organized group), Article 320.1 (forgery of documents), and Article 320.2 (use of forged documents).
The detained journalists are now charged under a total of eight articles of the Criminal Code.
The detained journalists deny all charges and claim they are being punished for their critical reporting.
